Cup and saucer

Factory director Barr, Flight & Barr period

ca. 1807–13

Not on view

The cup and saucer are from a breakfast service made for George, Prince of Wales, regent during the illness of George III, who later reigned as George IV (1820–30). The cup and saucer are enameled and gilded with the Prince's crest, encircled by the Order of the Garter, and ensigned by his badge of three ostrich feathers within a prince's coronet and the motton "Ich Dien" (I serve).

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Title: Cup and saucer
Factory: Worcester factory (British, 1751–2008)
Factory director: Barr, Flight & Barr period (1807–1813)
Date: ca. 1807–13
Culture: British, Worcester
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height (cup [.3]): 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm);
Diameter (saucer [.4]): 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 1969
Object Number: 69.112.3, .4
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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